Django Unchained (2012)
Django Unchained is a 2012 drama movie directed by Quentin Tarantino, with a running time of 2h 45m. It stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Blood, wit, and score-settling drive Quentin Tarantino's revisionist Western, set two years before the Civil War. Django, an enslaved man played by Jamie Foxx, is bought and then freed by Dr. King Schultz, a silver-tongued German bounty hunter and former dentist. Their partnership carries them across the Old West and into the antebellum South, toward the Mississippi plantation of the smiling, monstrous Calvin Candie. Tarantino stages the cruelty of slavery with operatic anger, spaghetti-Western swagger, and dialogue that snaps, backed by a cast including Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Quick answers
What is Django Unchained about?
Blood, wit, and score-settling drive Quentin Tarantino's revisionist Western, set two years before the Civil War. Django, an enslaved man played by Jamie Foxx, is bought and then freed by Dr. King Schultz, a silver-tongued German bounty hunter and former dentist. Their partnership carries them across the Old West and into the antebellum South, toward the Mississippi plantation of the smiling, monstrous Calvin Candie. Tarantino stages the cruelty of slavery with operatic anger, spaghetti-Western swagger, and dialogue that snaps, backed by a cast including Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson.
When was Django Unchained released?
Django Unchained was released on 25 December 2012.
How long is Django Unchained?
Django Unchained runs 2h 45m.
Who made Django Unchained?
Django Unchained was directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Where can I watch Django Unchained?
Django Unchained is available on DirecTV On Demand, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), Peacock, Peacock Premium and Philo.
Where to watch Django Unchained
Stream: DirecTV On Demand, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), Peacock, Peacock Premium, Philo, STARZ, STARZ (Via Amazon Prime), STARZ (Via Hulu), YouTube TV, fuboTV
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Cast
- Jamie Foxx as Django Freeman
- Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin J. Candie
- Kerry Washington as Broomhilda von Shaft
- Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen
- Walton Goggins as Billy Crash
- Dennis Christopher as Leonide Moguy
- James Remar as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
- David Steen as Mr. Stonesipher
- Dana Gourrier as Cora
- Nichole Galicia as Sheba
- Laura Cayouette as Lara Lee Candie-Fitzwilly
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A few thoughts on Django Unchained
For the same frontier violence and moral weight, ride into Red Dead Redemption 2, whose outlaw Arthur Morgan haunts a dying Old West. BioShock Infinite turns American racism and zealotry into a floating-city nightmare. If you want the revenge engine in prose, Elmore Leonard's crime novels share Quentin Tarantino's ear for menace and comic timing.
Classic gritty Westerns to ride with
Django Unchained wears its love of the old Western on its sleeve, from the wide vistas to the slow-drawn standoffs. These classics deliver the real thing, dusty tales of gunfighters, bounty men and hard justice that shaped the genre Tarantino is riffing on with such glee.
Modern Westerns that rework the frontier
Django Unchained drags the Western into new territory, centering an avenger the old films would never let lead. These modern takes and one sprawling game keep pushing the frontier forward, handing the six-shooter to fresh heroes and staging revenge with the same stylish, blood-spattered nerve.
Historical cruelty told without flinching
Beneath the spaghetti-Western swagger, Django Unchained stares hard at the horror of slavery. These films, a comic and a stage classic share that refusal to look away, dramatizing injustice and atrocity with a plain honesty that makes the anger driving Django feel earned.